Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/SharafBot

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Approved.

SharafBot

Operator: شرف الدين (talk · contribs)

Time filed: 06:58, Thursday August 25, 2011 (UTC)

Automatic or Manual: Automatic supervised

Programming language(s): Python (Pywikipedia)

Source code available: Standard pywikipedia

Function overview: see function details

Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): Talk page on the Arabic wikipedia

Edit period(s): Continuous

Estimated number of pages affected: open-ended

Exclusion compliant (Y/N): Y

Already has a bot flag (Y/N): N

Function details:

interwiki.py
- for articles "interwiki.py -autonomous -start:! -skipauto".
- for categories "interwiki.py -autonomous -start:Category:! -skipauto".
Bypass category redirects (double redirects) in {{Category redirect}} template example
Update [[Category:Old cat name and redirect]] to [[Category:New cat name]] in articles
Fixing double redirects as in #REDIRECT [[Double redirect]] -> #REDIRECT [[Direct redirect]] example
Convert #REDIRECT [[Category:Xxx]] on category pages to {{Category redirect|Xxx}} example

Discussion

Please don't edit pages before you are given a trial ({{BotTrial}}). Does the bot only change {{Category redirect}} type redirects? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 07:04, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for I temporarily run the bot for the experiment prematurely. Of course not, SharafBot can work to add InterWiki also. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 10:23, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I meant if it only changes the {{Category redirect|Other category}} redirects and not the normal #REDIRECT [[Other page]] ones? I see it also updates the [[Category:Some cat]] inside the pages. Which namespaces (e.g. article) does that affect?

Regarding interwiki, what pywiki commandline options are you using and for which namespaces? Please make sure you read WP:INTERWIKIBOT. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 10:32, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have read it. I use the interwiki.py script, and i will edit on articles and categories only. I use this scripts to do that:

This for articles "interwiki.py -autonomous -start:! -skipauto".
This for categories "interwiki.py -autonomous -start:Category:! -skipauto".

--Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 11:22, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. What about redirect fixes? What are the exact changes the bot makes? I see in the edits it only corrected {{Category redirect|Other category}}. Does it also correct [[Category:Some cat]] type redirects? The last few edits also show that it would fix [[Category:Some cat]] inside the pages? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:04, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I know that there is a bot do this work, But I don't know its own script, Because I have never tried before, maybe I'll do this later. Yes, the bot is correct {{Category redirect|Other category}} and fix [[Category:Some cat]] also, It is as you mentioned replacing the converted Categories in Articles. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 01:23, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, again, do not edit the pages without approval. The bot is now bypassing redirects in links [1][2][3][4][5], which is not even allowed WP:NOTBROKEN.

You also need to be very precise about what changes the bot makes. I made a list of what I understood above in "function details". Feel free to update and correct. The bot can only be approved for a list of such changes. If you want more tasks, you need to describe them now, or get new approval later. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 07:08, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All of these additions were by mistake, And I'm sorry for these. I wanted to run bot of fixing redirects in Arabic Wikipedia, But I forgot to modify the file "user-config.py" to work there not here, And when I noticed it stopped working immediately. I hope you will consider these amendments as if the were not. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 09:20, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Are "Function details" now correctly listing all tasks and the only tasks that will be done? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 09:25, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I would only add a new function for the bot, is the reform of the double redirects, that you asked about it. I will use this script "redirect.py double -api" to do function. Thanks a lot. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 12:48, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

By "reform of the double redirects", do you mean fixing double redirects, for example #REDIRECT [[Double redirect]] -> #REDIRECT [[Direct redirect]], as in [6][7][8]? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:30, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I mean that. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 13:43, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (30 edits for interwiki task). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete. Run the interwiki task for around 15 articles and 15 categories. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:30, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Approved for trial (20 double redirect fixes). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete., as in #REDIRECT [[Double redirect]] -> #REDIRECT [[Direct redirect]].

Approved for trial (20 article redirect category fixes). Please provide a link to the relevant contributions and/or diffs when the trial is complete., as in [[Category:Old cat name and redirect]] to [[Category:New cat name]] in articles — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:57, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I will do. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 13:43, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Trial complete. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 13:46, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - since RussBot already runs daily fixing category redirects, I'm not sure what value is added by having another bot running the same script (at least, it appears to be the same script based on the trial edits). However, it also doesn't seem to be doing any harm. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 09:11, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How much time have to wait until the bot flag is granted?! --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 10:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I've missed the trail complete note and I've been pretty busy and it seems other BAGs haven't followed this.

Anyway, are you now also converting all #REDIRECT [[Category:Xxx]] on category pages to {{Category redirect|Xxx}} as here?

In this edit [9] bot changed the native "Category" word to English one. But as far as I can see, the native one uses non-English: [10]. Similar here and others. Is that a pywiki bug? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 10:58, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Realy, I don't understand, Why all these questions man?! It took more than they deserve! --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 12:15, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"All these questions"? That's only two questions, and both are highly relevant to WP:BOTPOL. The first is about a change the bot did that you did not list before. The second is about what looks like a bug. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 12:23, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I hope to be finished as soon as. Answer your first question: Yes, bot do that task. Answer your second question: I don't know, but it may also be. --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 13:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You need to find out if that is a bug or not, BAG cannot approve bots with bugs, even if that is not your fault. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 13:53, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thank you for noticing, I think SharafBot has this little bug. In such a case, what do you suggest I do? --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 20:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I am not sure how to answer that. Obviously, you need to fix the bug. I don't think other interwiki bots have this problem. So may be your pywikipedia is outdated? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 07:19, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make sure to update it anyway. In the meantime, only the maintenance bot will be operational and not the interwiki bot; can you flag it? --Sharaf Al Deen (Talk) 21:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Approved. To do the tasks as outlines in function details. Interwiki task subject to fixing the bug. Otherwise, uncontroversial maintenenace edits, consensus by silence, as no other comments by BAG or anyone else have been given for quite some time. Most details clarified. Please wait while your bot is flagged by a beaurocrat. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 15:02, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've given this bot a flag for the limited basis approved by HELLKNOWZ above. If you intend to run any other task, you will need further approval from BAG. WJBscribe (talk) 15:24, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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